Combined mold and press.



N0. 656,505. Patented Aug. 2|, I900.

J. J. BRANNAGAN. I

COMBINED MOLD AND PRESS.

(Application filed Oct. 25, 1899.)

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'OBIBINED MOLD AND PRESS.

(Application filed Oct. 26, 1899.)

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JoHN J. BBANNAGAN, or STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR on ONE-HALF '10 F. w. KLAGES, .OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED MOLD AND" PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,505, dated August 21, 1900s Application filed October 26', 189 9; Serial No. 734,702; (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known that I, JOHN J. BRANNAGAN,

residing at Steubenville, in the county of. J efferson and State of Ohio, have invented-a new and Improved Combined Moldand Press, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvcntion relates to improvements for manufacturing blown glassware, and it seeks to provide an improved form of divided mold of a very simple and economical construction that can be readilymanipulated by unskilled tendod'purposes.

labor and will eifectively serve'for'its in In its subordinate features .this invention mold, taken p actically on the 1ine3 3 of Fig.

- a, the two parts of the moldbeing swung to an open position. Fig. his a vertical section of the mold, showing the lass body blown in.

Fig- 5 ice similar view ilustrating the man- 'nei of forming the handle by pressing; Fig, 6 shows the pressing-plunger and its so pport ing member detached; and. Fiat is a detailnew ot the skeleton handle, hereinafter re te red o.

My invention eomprehends a body portion i he nature ot a two-part mold hinged g therr a h part having an perat gaw die and the two parts formed with looking devices for holding th m together during the operation of for ng the article there n. This portionoi my appliance may be constructed in any well-known manner, 1 re er, however, to construct t e ame as ow in he accompanying drawings, in which li e nu= als n icate like parts in a l thefigure 1 indicates a bottom plate-havingaf central upwardly-projecting hub 2, the upper face of which has a contour corresponding to the ape it is desired to form t e bottom of the pieces of glassware.

reference being had .to. thejaccompanying Fig.2 is a top plan view of the mold closed. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the The mold-body proper consists of two half-" sections 3 3, each having an internal moldface corresponding to the contour of themticle it is intended to make. The two sections 3 3 have suitable laterally-projecting ears 4 4, joined by the hinge-pin 5,.a-nd at a point diametrically opposite the hinge the mold-sections have each an apertured lug 5 the aperture 5of one'lug being in the nature of akey-slot to accommodate the lock-tang 6 of the key member 6, held to rock in timingaperture 5", and having a suitably-arranged operating-handle 8. Each section 3 5 has a handle 9 9 for conveniently manipulating the directibn,

/ .Theconstruetion, so faras described, of my .deyice does not practically differ from the ordinary form of mold for blowing glassware, it,- being obvious that in operation the handle mold, the two handles 9 9 projecting in a like 8 is manipulated to bring the locking tang 6 in position to permit the twemold-sections being swung apart.

' In operation the blower places the glass bun between themold members, closes and locks them, and while so doing he closes the twomold members to fit upon the upwardlyproject-ing hub 2 on the bottom plate 1, the

mold when it is thus closed being heldlocked to the bottom plate 1. by reason of the annular'rim of the hub 2 being undercut or made.

dovetailed t e g gecorrespondingly-shaped recesses 2 in the bottom ofthe mold memhere, as best shown in Fig. 4. 1

By reference to Figs. 2 and 4, it will be noticed that the mold is formed with a hollow cup-like chamber 10,which' chamber, it should be stated, is formed half in one mold-section and the other half in the opposite mold-sectio and the said cup orchamber 10 communicates, through a narrow throat 11, with a supplemental divided mold section 18, which has a shape to suit the handle or other pro jection that it is intended to form a part of theblown body. In the drawings the. said projection is shown in the nature of an earhandl and he said mold-sectio 19,v it will be further Observed, communicates at 19 and 19; with the internal face of the mold- During the operation of blowing t-he body of the roe i handle 17 will cause the disk 17 to engage ware it is necessary that the openings 19 '19 be closed, so as to complete the internal face of the said mold member to make it correspond with its opposing face. For this purpose I have provided what I term a skeleton handle, which is separately illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings and consists of a tang 12, the lower end of which is bent at an angle, as

at 12, and is sufiiciently narrow to pass] through the throat -1l,-'said end 12 terminating in a curved portion 12", which has a shape to readily fit the supplemental mold portion 19, the said section 12 having its ends termiating in flat cover-plates 12 12: The upper-end of the tang 12 hasa handle 13, and the said tang-passes through a detachable cover member 14,.the purpose of which will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4

In practice when the, mold-sections are closed the skeleton handle is fitted in be-- tween the two sections in such mannerthat its closure members 12 12 will close the openings 19* 19, and thereby make the faces of the two mold-sections correspond, so as topr'od'uce an uninterrupted internal mold-face.

After the body of the warehas been blown in the usualmanner the mold sections are openedand the skeleton handle is removed. Molten glass is'then poured into the chamber 10, and the said glass is then compressed and caused to flow through the throat'll to fill the supplemental mold portion 19 and. engage with the sides of the body with which it an-' neals. The mold members are then again opened, and the glass,with its projecting handle, is removed from the mold, and the excess or lump glassysuch as might remain within the chamber 10, is broken off at a point marked 17, and any abrasion or roughness of such point is then removed by etching or grinding the handle or other projection at the said point 17.

As a convenient means for pressing the.

' handle or other projection against the blown body I employ a casting or bracket 15, which has a threaded-shank and which is adapted I to engage a threaded socket in one of the mold-sections, as best illustrated in Fig. 1. The bracket 15 has avertical guide portion 15, in which is held to 'slide vertically a plunger-shank 16, the. loweror plunger portion 16 ofwhich is of a. diameter tosnugly project into the chamber 10, beforereferred to.

convenientzmeans. foroperating the plunger I employ a disk 17 ,-pivotally connected to the guide 16, said disk having a gage the plunger and force it down into the.

suitable operating-handle 17 In operation to press the glass within the chamber 10 the operator pulls the handle down, and thereby causes the disk 17 to enchamber 10.. To facilitate. the liftof the plunger, its shank or stem. has a laterallyprojecting pin 17", that projects over the upper rim of, disk. 17, whereby the lift of the the pin-17 and raise the plunger. l6 indiblowpipe.

; cates a stop-pin for holding the plunger devices in a proper position when swung around in line with chamber 10. I

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,it is thought the complete operation and advantages of my invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

The device is of a simple character and can readily be operated by'a boy. In the practical employment of my appliance the skeleton handle is placed in position to close off the cavity or openi-hgs 19 19 before the blower puts his glass in the mold. After having done so the boy closes the mold with the skeleton 4 in position, after which the blower blows the article until it breaks off at the The mold is then opened sufiicient to remove the skeleton 4, after which it is again closed and held locked by properly manipulating the locking-lever. A boy then gathers a quantity of glass-a little more than necessary to form the handle-and drops it .into the chamber 10. After having done so he, properly manipulates the plunger and presses the glass withinthe chamber through the orifice 11 into the supplemental mold portion 19, it being understood that the glass passing out through the openings 19 19 adheres to the side faces of the blown article.

After having thus manipulated the appliance- 1. In a moldasdescrihedflhe combination of a mold formed of twofsections hinged together, said mold having a supplementalreceiving-pocket, comm unicating with the main pocket or forming-chamber, and a closure member formed separatelyof the mold proper and having no fixed connection'therewith, said closure member having portions to fit over the discharges of the supplemental moldsection and having a handle adapted toproject through the supplemental receivingpocket above the top of the mold when said sition as specified.

2. In a mold as described; the combination of a mold formed ofhinged sections adapted to, close against each. other each section having a semipart of the supplemental receivclosure member is placed in an operative poin g-pocket, said receivin g-pockethavin g openngs 19 19 communicating with the main pocket orlforming-chamber, and an independent device for closing 011 the said supplemental pocket from the main chamber, said independent closure device being adapted to fit within the supplemental pocket and having portions for covering the openings-19,

said closure device being held to its operative position by closing i the two mold-sections against it as specified.

3. The combination with the hinged main mold-sections having the main mold-cavities to receive the blown glassware, said sections having a supplemental mold-cavity communicating with the main mold chamber or cavity; said sections having a molten-glass-receiving chamber; a throat connecting the said 7 chamber with the supplemental mold-cavity;

of a closure member comprising a shank terminating in curved ends having a contoun to fit the supplemental cavity and having its end provided with closure members adapted to close that part of the supplemental cavity communicating with the main mold-cavity, the stem of said closure member being arranged to project up through the moltenglass-receiving chamber, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

4. The combination with the hinged moldsections having a mold or cavity for the re ception of the blown material, the two sections having portions forming a supplemental mold, said supplemental mold communicating with the main molding compartment or cavity; a molten-glass-receiving chamber formed in the mold-sections, said moltenglass-receiving compartment having a throat communicating with the main mold-section and a plunger mechanism comprising a standard, a vertically-reciprocating plunger, and a cam-disk for engaging with the stem of the plunger and adapted to reciprocate the same, said cam-disk having an operating-handle, all being arranged substantially as shown and described.

' JOHN J. BRANNAGAN. Witnesses:

W. M. MOONEY, E JOHN H.'MOKEE. 

